These thugs threatened a newsagents owner with fake guns and demanded he handed over money as he was closing up his store in Hooley.

Anthony Fullerton, 56, and Amir Hippolyte-Wells, 27, stormed into the shop in Brighton Road, near Coulsdon, at about 9pm April 27, 2018.

The "frightening" robbery left the owner understandably "very shaken" but thankfully he was not injured.

The pair have now been given lengthy jail terms at Guildford Crown Court.

Hippolyte-Wells pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery and was found guilty of possessing an imitation firearm, while Fuillerton pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery and one count of posessing an imitation firearm.

Fullerton, from Ardley Close in Lower Sydenham, was sentenced to 10 years and two months in prison on Monday (January 7) and Hippolyte-Wells, from Venner Road in Sydenham, was jailed for four years and four months. Both were also ordered to pay £170 in costs and fines.

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Detective Rachael Clifford, who was investigating the incident, said: “The sentencing of Fullerton and Hippolyte-Wells is as a result of our investigation which has ensured these two men have been brought to justice.

“This was a frightening ordeal for the shop owner. The two men, threatened him with guns demanding money from the till. Thankfully the victim was left uninjured, but was obviously left very shaken by what happened.”